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  • Translating Risk, Need, and Responsivity (RNR) Principles into Supervisory and Clinical Practice (OT296)

    Effectively managing and rehabilitating individuals who have committed serious offenses requires a framework that is both grounded in research and adaptable to diverse professional settings. The Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model has become one of the most influential evidence-based approaches in the field of corrections, providing clear principles to guide assessment, intervention, and supervision.

    Sandy Jung—an accomplished researcher, clinician, and experienced trainer—developed this training to provide professionals with practical methods for using RNR principles in their work with adult individuals convicted of sex offenses. Drawing on her extensive expertise, she offers strategies, tools, and case examples to support effective implementation.

    $140.00

  • Practical Application of the Good Lives Model: Enhancing Rehabilitation with Strengths-Based Approaches

    Developed and presented by Gwenda Willis and David Prescott, this four-hour online training equips professionals with practical methods for integrating the GLM into treatment programs for individuals who have sexually offended. Drawing on their extensive international experience, including work with programs in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, Norway, North America, Germany, Italy, and Namibia, they provide clear strategies for embedding the model into program structure, content, and delivery. The training outlines how to conduct GLM-based assessments, design intervention plans, adapt RNR/CBT modules, and address dynamic risk factors such as sexual and general self-regulation using a GLM-informed approach.

    $140.00

  • Working with Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Intersectional Approaches to Healing

    Few experiences fill a person with a greater sense of shame, stigma, and misunderstanding than sexual abuse. Men who have been harmed sexually can become marginalized and isolated, with limited resources available to them or those who support them. This training explores the impact of this harm on men through an intersectional lens, exploring how their unique identities, circumstances, and society's views can either support their recovery or compound their trauma. This training helps participants refine their understanding of the after-effects of abuse on males, which too often persist long after the abuse occurred.

    $60.00

  • Addressing Accountability and Denial in Sex Offense Treatment: Evolving Practices and Practical Frameworks

    Working with clients who deny their past behaviors has long presented dilemmas for practitioners. Requiring full disclosure of past offenses has been a source of recent debate in sex offense treatment, particularly since the late 1990s. Historically, accountability for sexual offending was required as a pre-condition for treatment participation and completion, as well as for successful release from supervision. More recently, however, perspectives have shifted. Research indicating that denial is not a risk factor for future sexual offending, along with concerns for the therapeutic alliance and questions regarding potential violation of the right against self-incrimination, has led clinicians to begin modifying their approach to addressing denial. As a result, many programs no longer require those who offend to be accountable as a precondition of treatment entry or completion.

    $105.00

  • Our Safe Haven: Navigating Sexuality Beliefs When Working with Individuals Who Have Engaged in Nonconsensual Sexual Behaviors

    In this Our Safe Haven, we invite you to join Robin Cooper and David Prescott to explore how personal and professional beliefs about sexuality influence our work, client relationships, and the broader field. Each session begins with a focused review of how sexuality beliefs influence professional practice, evolving naturally into an engaging, attendee-driven conversation shaped by shared experiences and professional insights: Session 03: Let’s Talk Managing Transference and Boundaries: Discuss how clients may unconsciously project feelings from past relationships onto professionals and explore strategies for recognizing these patterns, maintaining healthy boundaries, and supporting effective treatment.

    $8.00

  • Recidivism Rates Among Individuals Who Commit Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offenses

    The viewing and sharing of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) have steadily risen since the internet’s inception, making it critical to understand the true nature of CSEM reoffending. In this webinar, researchers Serra Baskurt, Kelly Babchishin, PhD, and Michael Seto, PhD, present a groundbreaking meta-analysis that reveals startling differences between self-reported and officially recorded recidivism rates. Their findings uncover much higher levels of persistent CSEM use than previously recognized and challenge current assumptions about offense detection. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the implications for assessment, treatment, and policy, grounded in a modern understanding of risk, need, and responsivity.

    Free

  • Our Safe Haven: Navigating Connection and Isolation with Emerging Adults Shaped by the Online World

    In this Our Safe Haven series, Dan Knoepfler, Seth Wescott, and David Prescott explore the growing challenges faced by professionals working with emerging adult clients whose lives are increasingly centered online. Through guided discussion and participant engagement, we’ll ask questions, share perspectives, and consider practical strategies for moving forward.

    $8.00

  • Using The Illegal Images Workbook with Adults Who Have Viewed Child Sexual Abuse Media

    The Illegal Images Workbook: Understanding and Changing Harmful Online Sexual Behavior provides professionals with a structured, strengths-based approach for adults involved in viewing or possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). Created by Dr. David Delmonico and Elizabeth Griffin, it guides therapeutic work across six growth areas: emotion management, intimacy, deviant sexuality, sexual behavior control, technology use, and victim awareness. This four-hour workshop introduces the workbook’s clinical applications, showing how to integrate its exercises into treatment and supervision while addressing challenges like shame, minimization, and technology limits in line with client risk and responsivity.

    $96.00

  • Groups that Welcome and Engage: Integrating Motivational Interviewing into Effective Group Facilitation

    Groups That Welcome and Engage helps professionals across community behavioral health, residential treatment, education, and corrections build confidence and skill in leading effective group sessions. Trainers Ali Hall and Kristin Dempsey explore the purpose, dynamics, and stages of group work, emphasizing how Motivational Interviewing can structure group processes from initial engagement through sustained behavior change. Participants will learn to choose appropriate group types, enhance engagement, manage conflict, and tailor interventions to diverse needs and goals. This training offers practical strategies and resources for creating groups that truly connect with and support their members—ideal for professionals at all experience levels.

    $87.00

  • Using EMDR-Sandtray Therapy to Safely Address Complex Trauma and Dissociation

    In this engaging webinar, Ana Gómez, author of EMDR-Sandtray-Based Therapy, explores the integration of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) with sandtray therapy to support healing from complex trauma and dissociation across the lifespan. Participants will discover how creativity, symbols, and embodied expression in the sandtray can bridge the implicit and explicit experience, allowing deeply held memories and sensations to surface within a safe, relational space. Through demonstration and discussion, Ms. Gómez illustrates how attuned presence and collaborative meaning making foster integration, connection, and lasting therapeutic change.

    Free

  • How to Effectively Use Dynamic Risk Assessment Tools: STABLE-2007 & ACUTE-2007 Training (Day 01)

    During this eight-hour training, Katie Gotch, LPC, CCSOT, ATSA-F, provides an overview of the development and research of the STABLE-2007 and ACUTE-2007 instruments. She explains how to score each of the measures’ items, as well as their appropriate interpretation and use within varying settings. This includes recent guidance on the use of these tools with individuals convicted of child sexual abuse material-related offenses (CSAM). To enhance learning, case studies are incorporated to provide hands-on practice and to address common scoring and administration errors.

    $280.00

  • How to Effectively Use Dynamic Risk Assessment Tools: STABLE-2007 & ACUTE-2007 Training (Day 02)

    During this eight-hour training, Katie Gotch, LPC, CCSOT, ATSA-F, provides an overview of the development and research of the STABLE-2007 and ACUTE-2007 instruments. She explains how to score each of the measures’ items, as well as their appropriate interpretation and use within varying settings. This includes recent guidance on the use of these tools with individuals convicted of child sexual abuse material-related offenses (CSAM). To enhance learning, case studies are incorporated to provide hands-on practice and to address common scoring and administration errors.

    $280.00

  • Our Safe Haven: Promoting Healthy Intimate Relationships in Clinical Practice

    Developing and maintaining healthy relationships is a central aspect of treatment for sexual offending. Relationships shape how individuals see themselves, connect with others, and find meaning and accountability in their lives. Yet for many people who have caused harm, the path toward genuine intimacy, trust, and empathy can be filled with obstacles. Professionals working in this field face unique challenges in helping clients develop their capacity for closeness while addressing fears, misunderstandings, and past traumas that affect connection. This work invites both professionals and clients to rethink what healthy relationships can look like in all their diversity and complexity.

    Building on these ideas, we invite you to join us for this series of professional dialogues moderated by Jay Herman, LCSW, and David Prescott, LICSW. These sessions provide a space to discuss and explore the complexities of relationships through historical and structural lenses, including what professionals and clients can learn from both monogamy and non-monogamy.

    $8.00

  • Stress and Motivation in Sexual Abuse Treatment: Insights from the 2025 Survey

    The “Stressors and Motivators Among Professionals Treating Clients Who Have Sexually Abused” survey, conducted by Safer Society Foundation, examines how stressors and motivators shape the professional experiences of those working with individuals with histories of sexual abuse towards others. The survey responded to growing concerns about workforce sustainability and the need to highlight not only the challenges of this work, but also the powerful sources of meaning and satisfaction that sustain professionals in the field. Among its key findings, the survey revealed that while burnout and professional strain remain widespread, respondents emphasized that profound personal rewards play a critical role in fostering resilience and job satisfaction.​

    In this webinar, the survey’s authors—David S. Prescott, Stacey Zolondek Ginesin, & Sarah Snow Haskell—guide a discussion into the findings, exploring how stress and motivation intersect in professional practice.

    Free

  • Building Healthier Workplace Cultures Through Empathic Leadership

    Empathic workplace leadership is fundamental to effective treatment and supervision, especially when the work can cause trauma in the professionals doing that work. When staff work in high-pressure environments, a leadership approach grounded in empathy can inspire professionals to be their best. However, the results of a recent Safer Society survey on workplace stressors and motivators highlight a critical issue: professionals working to prevent abuse often view management as a greater source of stress than of support.

    Presenters Anette Birgersson and Christin Santiago—professionals with extensive experience in all aspects of leadership—developed this training to address this challenge directly. Their work underscores that empathic, trauma-informed leadership is essential not only for supporting professionals but also for enhancing staff retention, building trust and resilience throughout an organization, and delivering consistent, effective services to clients.

    $140.00

  • Advancing Violence Prevention Through Research and Community Partnerships

    Dr. Melissa Bright, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Violence Prevention Research, has dedicated her career to bridging the gap between research and practice through collaboration among practitioners, community stakeholders, and scientists. In this webinar, she discusses her findings on preventing sexual abuse and violence against women in areas such as sports, school-based education, and among individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Dr. Bright explores how scientific study can clarify complex societal issues and strengthen the impact of prevention efforts. She also reflects on the professional meaning she has found through building partnerships that transform research into real-world strategies for saving lives.

    Free

  • Providing Treatment to People Who Categorically Deny Their Sexual Offending Behavior

    Individuals convicted of sexual offenses who are mandated to treatment often pose clinical, ethical, and motivational challenges, especially when they deny their offenses. Clinicians must balance accountability with empathy, finding ways to foster engagement and promote meaningful change despite denial and resistance.

    The Rockwood Psychotherapy and Consulting Services program in Ontario created an evidence-informed approach tailored to this population. In this training, Dr. Liam Marshall explains the theory and practice behind Rockwood’s model, highlighting effective practitioner traits and strategies to overcome engagement barriers while addressing the ethical and clinical complexities of working with individuals who deny offending.

    $70.00

  • Our Safe Haven: Promoting Healthy Intimate Relationships in Clinical Practice

    Developing and maintaining healthy relationships is a central aspect of treatment for sexual offending. Relationships shape how individuals see themselves, connect with others, and find meaning and accountability in their lives. Yet for many people who have caused harm, the path toward genuine intimacy, trust, and empathy can be filled with obstacles. Professionals working in this field face unique challenges in helping clients develop their capacity for closeness while addressing fears, misunderstandings, and past traumas that affect connection. This work invites both professionals and clients to rethink what healthy relationships can look like in all their diversity and complexity.

    Building on these ideas, we invite you to join us for this series of professional dialogues moderated by Jay Herman, LCSW, and David Prescott, LICSW. These sessions provide a space to discuss and explore the complexities of relationships through historical and structural lenses, including what professionals and clients can learn from both monogamy and non-monogamy.

    $8.00

  • Returning to the Heart of the Work: Sustaining Your Motivational Interviewing Spirit and Values

    If you’ve ever felt like your MI spirit was running on empty, you’re not alone. Even the most experienced practitioners hit those days when partnership feels impossible, acceptance seems out of reach, and compassion for others gets buried under their own struggles. As this training illustrates, the MI spirit isn’t a destination we arrive at once and then we’re home free. It’s a road you travel despite the potholes along the way..

    Sarah Cameron and Annabys Jordan created this training to offer something many practitioners desperately need: a judgment-free way to reflect on their work and monitor their professional growth.

    $50.00

  • Our Safe Haven: Navigating Connection and Isolation with Emerging Adults Shaped by the Online World

    In this Our Safe Haven series, Dan Knoepfler, Seth Wescott, and David Prescott explore the growing challenges faced by professionals working with emerging adult clients whose lives are increasingly centered online. Through guided discussion and participant engagement, we’ll ask questions, share perspectives, and consider practical strategies for moving forward.

    $8.00

  • Non-Offending Relatives Coping After a Child Sexual Abuse Material Conviction

    The stigma attached to sexual crime is profound and often extends to innocent family members. In this webinar, Dr. Kavanagh explores how these relatives experience intense shame, trauma, and stigma that permeate all areas of their lives. Her research offers practical recommendations for improving support systems for affected families—helping them to cope, rebuild their lives, and potentially play a role in the desistance of the person who offended from future CSAM use. This work also contributes to a deeper understanding of secondary trauma among relatives of individuals who commit sexual crimes.

    Free